Where a defect costs more than a recall.

Semiconductor fab AI

TSMC, Intel, Samsung apply AI to yield + defect management, photolithography pattern alignment correction, and predictive equipment maintenance — all under the discipline of sub-micron tolerances. Ipnops Industry sits above the fab automation host and orchestrates these models, integrating with the customer's MES / EAP / SPC stack while the OEM tool autonomy continues to do its job.

Battery gigafactory inspection

Tesla / Panasonic / CATL / LG Energy Solution gigafactories produce 1M+ battery cells per day. AI vision detects electrode defects, weld anomalies, and contamination at 20-micron resolution — smaller than a human hair. CATL Liyang operates at parts-per-billion defect rates vs the industry's parts-per-million standard. Ipnops Industry provides the inspection orchestration layer with full provenance for warranty + recall defence.

Oil & gas process safety

Acoustic-emission and vibration monitoring on rotating critical assets — compressors, pumps, turbines. RL controllers tighten the operating envelope on critical loops without touching SIS. Predictive shutdown avoidance: the agent identifies the precursor to an unplanned trip and recommends operator intervention before it lands. Audit logs to API 670 / IEC 61508 SIL grade.

Sovereign edge inference

NVIDIA IGX Thor, Microsoft Azure Local, Crusoe Edge Zones — all 2026-class options for inference at the customer's perimeter. Air-gapped operation supported. Hardware-rooted PKI for every device under management. Customer process data leaves the trust boundary only with explicit consent. This is the deployment posture mission-critical sites typically require by contract.

IEC 62443 + NIS2 + zero-trust

Industrial Automation and Control Systems cybersecurity per IEC 62443 zones-and-conduits; NIS2 mandatory cybersecurity obligations for critical-infrastructure entities (in force EU 2023, full transposition by member states 2024-2026). Industrial zero-trust: every PLC, smart meter, and edge device authenticates via PKI before communicating. Dragos / Claroty integration for OT-side monitoring.

Audit-grade autonomy

Every agent decision logged with input window, model lineage, simulation validation, and policy approval. Cryptographic chaining for the event log. Replay viewer for operators; structured event log for auditors. Designed for FDA 21 CFR Part 11, EU GMP Annex 1, IEC 61508, IEC 62443-2-1, and OEM customer audit regimes.